REGULATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UKRAINE

Approved by the Solution of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine of March 5, 1997

PREAMBLE

The regulations of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine determine procedure for election of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and his deputies, formation of boards of judges, the permanent and temporary commissions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, appointment of secretaries of boards of judges, the head of the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; powers and procedure for holding meetings of boards of judges, meetings and plenary meetings of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; procedure for preparation of materials on the constitutional representation and the constitutional appeals to consideration at plenary meetings of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; procedure for hearing of cases; the basic rules of etiquette at plenary meetings of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; features of clerical work in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, other questions of internal activities of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

Section I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 1. Elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, vice-chairmen, appointment of secretaries of boards of judges, head of the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and their power

Paragraph 1. Elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

1. The chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is elected by secret vote at special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine from the list of judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine not later than two-month term from day when the position of the Chairman became vacant.

2. One of vice-chairmen of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine presides over special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. If the candidate for the judge who is chairman is entered in the list of candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, then the senior on age the judge who is not entered in the list of candidates presides over special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

3. Special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is considered authorized if at it there are at least twelve judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

4. At special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine open voting the form of voting bulletin on elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and form of the protocol of vote affirms.

5. The chairman at special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine makes the offer concerning nomination of candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

6. Any number of candidates who agreed is entered in the list of candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to stand to this position. Candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine are heard at special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

7. The list of candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine affirms at special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine open voting and is drawn up by the protocol which signs presiding over this meeting.

8. At special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine from judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine the commission for the organization and elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine as a part of three judges from those judges who do not stand to position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is elected. The chairman at special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine cannot be elected in structure of the commission.

9. The commission for the organization and elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine chooses from the structure open voting of the commission chairman about what the protocol is constituted.

10. The commission for the organization and elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine provides production of bulletins for secret vote. On the back of bulletins it is signed presiding over special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the impress of a seal of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is put.

Unsigned bulletins of the chairman and print of signet are invalid.

11. The commission for the organization and elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine brings in bulletins for secret vote in alphabetical order surnames, names and middle names of candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine undersign about receipt of bulletins for the separate list. Bulletins which remained, settled.

12. The judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine during the vote keeps in the list for secret vote surname no more, than one candidate for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, having crossed out surnames of other candidates.

Bulletins in which surnames of two or more candidates are left are invalid.

Bulletins in which surnames of all candidates are deleted are valid.

13. The commission for the organization and elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine provides privacy of vote. After carrying out secret vote the commission checks validity of bulletins, counts positive votes and contra each candidate, constitutes the protocol of vote which is signed by the chairman and members of the commission.

The protocol of vote which affirms by a majority vote from total quantity of judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine who participate in special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, the commission chairman at this meeting declares.

14. Elected to position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is considered the candidate for whom at least than ten judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine voted.

15. If any of candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine did not receive necessary number of votes, according to the decision of the commission for the organization and elections of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine repeated vote concerning two candidates who received the greatest number of voices is taken.

If two and more candidates for position of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine received the largest identical number of votes, repeated vote is taken concerning these candidates.

Under condition if one of candidates received bigger, but did not receive necessary number of votes, and others behind it two and more candidates received identical number of votes, repeated vote is taken concerning all these candidates.

16. If during the repeated vote of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine not the electee, new elections with promotion of new candidates which were not included in the bulletin during the first elections, according to the procedure, and these Regulations provided in the Law of Ukraine "About the Constitutional Court of Ukraine" are held.

17. Special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is recorded. The protocol of this meeting is signed by the chairman.

18. The chairman transfers materials of special plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to the head of the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine who seals these materials in the presence of the chairman and the elected Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and transfers them under the act to storage to Archive of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.

Paragraph 2. Powers of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

1. The chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, except implementation of the powers determined in the Law of Ukraine "About the Constitutional Court of Ukraine":

- informs at meeting of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on condition of preparation of offers concerning the amount of financing of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine for the direction in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in case of creation of the draft of the Government budget of Ukraine;

- submits on approval of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine the project of expense budget for each next year;

- approves based on proposals of judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and heads of structural divisions of the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine perspective and current plans of actions concerning ensuring activities of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine;

- convokes next, and also on own initiative or on demand there are at least three judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine emergency meetings of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on organizational and other matters of activities of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine;

- approves regulations on Service of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine;

- approves the personified staff list based on the approved Constitutional Court of Ukraine of structure and states of the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and in case of changes of payment terms of work makes corresponding changes to it;

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